Thanks. I am afraid to update my SM. I don't want to loose all my settings, bookmarks, mail, address book, etc. Is there a way to safely update it? Is there any way to just add a plugin to view the new format videos. Bob.Bob.

P.S. To the Administrators - I am not receiving e-mails telling me I have an answer to my posts.

Bob Fam1 wrote:Thanks. I am afraid to update my SM. I don't want to loose all my settings, bookmarks, mail, address book, etc. Is there a way to safely update it? Is there any way to just add a plugin to view the new format videos. Bob.Bob.

P.S. To the Administrators - I am not receiving e-mails telling me I have an answer to my posts.

You can use Win7 ZIP function or additional application:https://www.7-zip.org/... which will offer additional options (i.a. password protection).Archive with one file will make faster copying/moving to another (external) drive and you can easily verify its integrity (if archive file isn't corrupted).

Before you'll make backup remember to close all windows of SeaMonkey.

If e.g. update of SeaMonkey will go wrong then you can uninstall it, remove changed profile and retrieve it unchanged from your backup.

Right now SeaMonkey is offered as 64-bit software. You can use it but:1) first uninstall 32-bit version:

4) reboot Win7 again (just to be sure MSWin will not screw new install)

5) run SeaMonkey.

Latest SeaMonkey 2.53.1 will update your profile. If for some reason you'll need to revert to older (2.46 or 2.49.x) then you must restore (from backup) your profile too otherwise you'll loose some data.

P.S. Don't call for Administrator because something isn't working here. We have delicate situation here...

DanRaisch wrote:Be careful with that advice. It's only true if the necessary options are selected, particularly if the account is set up as a POP type account.

Rabbit4 wrote:if its IMAP the Mail should stay on the server, , the OP of the thread doesnt say what kinda Mail account he has

Bob Fam1 wrote:I am on a POP type account.

Which is why it's dangerous to tell folks that "your Mail should stay on thew Servers..." without knowing what type of account they are dealing with. There's a good chance they have a POP type account and therefore messages from more than a month or so back will have been erased from the server to conserve space.